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Resource for Speech and Leadership Development. This is an educational podcast and blog about public speaking, leadership and personal development. Tips Tricks Interviews and Insight into becoming a better speaker, leader and presenter
“ To be a good leader, one also has to be an exceptional follower ” What? Why? How ? Many of us within Toastmasters are capable of being top-notch leaders, but not everyone can sit in such delegated spotlight during a specific period. Take our 7 club executives found in every Toastmaster Club – [...]
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One of the attendees from my educational I presented – ” Show #023 – Dawn of the INNERpreneur ” – at our Toastmasters Spring Convention wrote ” … felt that workplace was presented in a very depressing light … “. Feedback, both good & bad is good. I enjoy it. Quite honestly, not all workplaces [...]
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What the $%&*_#@ is an INNERpreneur ? And why do I upper-case the first 5 (INNER) letters? 1. Well, that is to hi-lite the main difference from ENTREpreneurs ( there he goes – again – with upper-casing the 1st 5 letters). 2. What is an INNERreneur ? YOU may already be one and not know [...]
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First, to set things straight, Seth Godin beat me to it. He owns the copyright on, “This is Broken” Not exactly remembering how I came upon his latest presentation at GEL 2006, I am only grateful that I did … That’s all that matters. It doesn’t matter how we got somewhere, just that we DID [...]
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Much has been spoken of change, and how good change is. It take good leadership, to manage change. Developing good leadership is a worthy skill. It is said and believed that we are more resistent to change solely due to the aging process. In cases it is true. But other times I think it’s not [...]
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This may not be rocket science, but you do NOT have to be a WCPS (World Champion of Public Speaking ) to deliver a “message”, educate, motivate, inspire or call others to action. From all the competing speeches I have judged or witnessed, I realized I was building a bond to specific speakers in my [...]
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81 Semi-finalists – 9 Finalists – ONE Winner ! How did your favorite speaker do? Did they have the Confidence? How did they speak? Well, my favorite didn’t win & my heart couldn’t have dropped more. I wasn’t present and wish I could have been. Remember – Nobody Loses in this Speech Competition ! So [...]
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Our weather this past spring has shown more dynamics than usual. Living only 1 hour away from the world famous Banff, Lake Louise & Sunshine Mountain resorts in the Canadian Rockies may take some credit. Throw in some sprinkling of the global warming phoneomenon, and you have the makings of some tumultuous weather. Much the [...]
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What You Don’t Hear …
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What are the “Top 10 Human Resource Trends of the Decade ?“ Coincidentally, we are within the last few days of not only 2010, BUT THE DECADE! So why not reflect on some mentoring topics. Here is my long standing favorite. Just because “You haven’t received any feedback on the work you are doing “, [...]
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